Donald (Donny)Edward Everett age 19 of Clarksville.. Vanderbilt photo
On June 2 Vanderbilt Pitcher Donny Everett died on Normandy Lake in Coffee County. Autopsy results have confirmed drowning is to blame for the death. Davidson County Assistant Medical Examiner David Zimmerman’s autopsy shows the 19-year-old’s death was accidental. A toxicology report shows that at the time of his death, Everett tested negative for drugs and alcohol in his system.
Divers with the Coffee County Rescue Squad recovered Everett’s body just before 7 p.m. on June 2 about 15 feet from the water bank near the Cat Walk along Mt. View Road. Everett was taken to a Harton Hospital before being transported to Nashville for an autopsy.
